Two Indian trawlers seized with 17 fishermen on board

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Navy seized two Indian fishing trawlers and arrested seventeen Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area north of Mannar last morning.

Northern Naval Command deployed its Fast Attack Craft and North Central Naval Command its Inshore Patrol Craft to drive away those Indian fishing boats poaching in the sea area north of Mannar, the Navy said.

The seized boats together with Indian fishermen were brought to the Talaimannar Pier and they will be handed over to the Mannar Fisheries Inspector for onward legal proceedings.

Including the apprehension of this operation, the Navy has held 55 Indian fishing boats and 413 Indian fishermen in island waters so far, and handed them over to authorities for legal action.

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